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Blazon and Meaning

On a field Vert, an octopus Purpure holds a five-point coronet Sable. The colour green stands for the House's flourishing ranch activities. The octopus signifies not only their main industry but the many interwoven arms of influence they employ to support the interests of Rebman Royalty.

Traits

A minor noble House, Dafydd is not particularly well-situated in terms of property or industry. What they do have is political influence and a head for directing (and clogging) the flow of favours up and down the food chain. A number of ranking functionaries in Moire's government were tied to Dafydd, particularly Lord Servalle, former ambassador to Amber. They also have a reputation for ambitiously, aggressively, shamelessly, marrying off all available, eligible, and undeniably attractive, members in politically advantageous unions with Rebma's Great Houses as well as nobility of Amber, and powers in the Golden Circle.

History

Dafydd's history is short, having been raised to the peerage within living memory. The current Countess, Meiriona, is the eldest child of the House's founder. The deed that led to Dafydd's ennoblement was done in the earliest days of Moire's reign, when a scandal involving a pretender to the Throne was thwarted by a sharp-eyed clerk.

Properties and Revenue

Dafydd's ancestral home is an octopus and eel ranch adjacent to House Morfilod's holdings, near the Minoan border. Tesni Dafydd runs the ranch and has seen modest success in food exports to Amber and the Golden Circle. While calamari and eel make delicious dishes, the Dafydds, impressed by the trainable intelligence and lovable personalities of molluscs in particular, have perhaps unwisely marketed some of their stock as potential household pets, as well. Public opinions on this move are divided.

House members performing bureaucratic duties in the capital tend to take a room at the Dafydds' small town estate located on one of the Upper City plateaus.

Compared to House Dilwen, they are mere dabblers in Alchemy, but the major supplier of octopus ink for dye, medicine, and pest repellent.

Allies, Enemies, and Rivals

Due to the close proximity of their ancestral territories, there has always been an understanding of mutual interest and neighbourly defence between the Dafydds and Morfilods.

The House's standing with the Rebman Crown is currently good. Martin had been patient with their attempts to hook him up with one or another attractive noble daughter, but now that he is officially engaged to the Princess of Tir, they have abandoned the prospect and gone back to being more productive in their meetings with the Regent.

The Dafydds, and therefore Rebma, have Princess Deirdre's support, due to her son Phaedrus's marriage to Countess Meiriona.

Concepts

Meiriona's appointed heir, titled Baroness (or less commonly, Baron)

Favour-trader, Matchmaker, and all-around Court schemer

Pet Breeder

Active Members

Currently none. BG hooks to House Dafydd to be discussed with Propco Martin.

Out of Play

Heulwen - Given to Karm of Amber via marriage contract; deceased in childbirth.